1543 Constable of Windsor Castle, 1st Baron Cecil, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, Yeoman of the Wardrobe, 1517 King's Page , 1539 High Sheriff of Rutland, 1539 High Sheriff of Rutland
Richard Cecil (courtier)
Richard Cecil (courtier)
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Richard Cecil (died 1552) was a resident of Burghley (Burleigh) in the parish of Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire. His father David, rose in favour under King Henry VIII of England, becoming High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1529 and 1530, and died in 1541.
Richard too was a courtier. In 1517 he was a royal page; in 1520 he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold; he rose to be Groom of the Robes and constable of Warwick Castle. He was High Sheriff of Rutland in 1539, and was one of those who received no inconsiderable share of the plunder of the monasteries. He married Jane Heckington, daughter and heiress of William Heckington of Bourne, Lincolnshire. He had one son, William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598), and three daughters.
He sent his son William to the grammar schools of Stamford and Grantham, and in 1535 William entered St. John's College, Cambridge. Academically a success, William ran foul of his father, when his heart was lost to Mary Cheke, daughter of a local widow, with only a fortune of 40 pounds to recommend her. William was immediately removed before he could take his degree, and was entered as a student at Gray's Inn in 1541. If the motive was to prevent a marriage, it failed. Two months after he came up to London, William married Mary, probably secretly. Thomas, the future Earl of Exeter and only fruit of this union was born at Cambridge on 5 May 1542, therefore presumably at his grandmother's house. The marriage was so distateful to Richard, that he is said to have altered his will, or at any rate, to have intended to do so. But the young wife did not live long, dying on 22 Feb 1544.
When Richard died 19 May 1552, he left an ample estate behind him in the counties of Rutland, Northamptonshire and elsewhere. He died at his house in Cannon Row and was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster.
Of his daughters, Anne (also called Agnes) married Thomas White of Tuxford, Notts.; Margaret married Roger Cave and secondly Ambrose Smith; and Elizabeth married Robert Wingfield and secondly Hugh Allington.
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For other persons named Richard Cecil, see Richard Cecil (disambiguation).
Richard Cecil (died 1552) was a resident of Burghley (Burleigh) in the parish of Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire. His father David, rose in favour under King Henry VIII of England, becoming High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1529 and 1530, and died in 1541.
Richard too was a courtier. In 1517 he was a royal page; in 1520 he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold; he rose to be Groom of the Robes and constable of Warwick Castle. He was High Sheriff of Rutland in 1539, and was one of those who received no inconsiderable share of the plunder of the monasteries. He married Jane Heckington, daughter and heiress of William Heckington of Bourne, Lincolnshire. He had one son, William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598), and three daughters.
He sent his son William to the grammar schools of Stamford and Grantham, and in 1535 William entered St. John's College, Cambridge. Academically a success, William ran foul of his father, when his heart was lost to Mary Cheke, daughter of a local widow, with only a fortune of 40 pounds to recommend her. William was immediately removed before he could take his degree, and was entered as a student at Gray's Inn in 1541. If the motive was to prevent a marriage, it failed. Two months after he came up to London, William married Mary, probably secretly. Thomas, the future Earl of Exeter and only fruit of this union was born at Cambridge on 5 May 1542, therefore presumably at his grandmother's house. The marriage was so distateful to Richard, that he is said to have altered his will, or at any rate, to have intended to do so. But the young wife did not live long, dying on 22 Feb 1544.
When Richard died 19 May 1552, he left an ample estate behind him in the counties of Rutland, Northamptonshire and elsewhere. He died at his house in Cannon Row and was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster.
Of his daughters, Anne (also called Agnes) married Thomas White of Tuxford, Notts.; Margaret married Roger Cave and secondly Ambrose Smith; and Elizabeth married Robert Wingfield and secondly Hugh Allington.
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- DNB, "William Cecil, Lord Burghley"
- Richard Cecil (courtier) at Genealogics
- His entry at tudorplace.com.ar
- His entry at thepeerage.com
- The Cecil Family, by George Ravenscroft Dennis
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cecil_(courtier)"
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His monument inscription:
In Happy Memory
Richard Cecill Esq. & Jayne
The said Richard was of the Robes to Kinge Henry 8 & to King E.6.
He deceased ye 19 of May 1552 and is interred in St Margaretts
Church in Westmr. He was sonne to David Cecill of
Stamford Esqr. High Sherif of ye county of Northampton in
the 33 & 34 yeares King H.8. and is buried in St George his
Church in Stamford. The said Jayne was daughter and heyre
of W'am Heckington of Bourne in ye county of Lincolne Esqr:
She lived 87 yeares wherof she continued a widowe
35 yeares. She deceased ye 10th of March 1587. She was
a very grave religious Vertuous & worthy Matro & delighted
excedingly in ye workes of piety & charity. She was crowned
with much Honor & comfort& (By God His great blessing
she lived to see her children & her childrens children to ye
fourth & fift generation & yt in a plentifull & honorable
succession being a happy mother of yt most honorable Sr Wm
Cecill Knight of ye most noble order of ye garter LO: Burghley
Lord High Trer of England who lyeth here by her
Margaret was first marryed to Roger Cave of Stamford Esqr of whom
is discended Ser Thomas Cave & after to Ambrose Smith of Bosworth
Esquier. Elizabeth was first marryed to Robert Wingfield of Upton
Esquier of whom is discended Ser Robert Wingfield of Upton Knight
& after to Hugh Allington Esquier.
His monument inscription:
In Happy Memory
Richard Cecill Esq. & Jayne
The said Richard was of the Robes to Kinge Henry 8 & to King E.6.
He deceased ye 19 of May 1552 and is interred in St Margaretts
Church in Westmr. He was sonne to David Cecill of
Stamford Esqr. High Sherif of ye county of Northampton in
the 33 & 34 yeares King H.8. and is buried in St George his
Church in Stamford. The said Jayne was daughter and heyre
of W'am Heckington of Bourne in ye county of Lincolne Esqr:
She lived 87 yeares wherof she continued a widowe
35 yeares. She deceased ye 10th of March 1587. She was
a very grave religious Vertuous & worthy Matro & delighted
excedingly in ye workes of piety & charity. She was crowned
with much Honor & comfort& (By God His great blessing
she lived to see her children & her childrens children to ye
fourth & fift generation & yt in a plentifull & honorable
succession being a happy mother of yt most honorable Sr Wm
Cecill Knight of ye most noble order of ye garter LO: Burghley
Lord High Trer of England who lyeth here by her
Margaret was first marryed to Roger Cave of Stamford Esqr of whom
is discended Ser Thomas Cave & after to Ambrose Smith of Bosworth
Esquier. Elizabeth was first marryed to Robert Wingfield of Upton
Esquier of whom is discended Ser Robert Wingfield of Upton Knight
& after to Hugh Allington Esquier.
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